44
Recorded events
1
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$913K
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Rolette County, North Dakota: 44 recorded events between 1967 and 2024. The strongest on record measured 78. That places the county #2,770 nationally and #50 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Rolette County, North Dakota: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Rolette County is the 2010s, when 13 of the county's 44 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.
Within the Rolette County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 29.7% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,770 for this hazard and #50 within North Dakota, putting it in the 12.4 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Rolette County with 22 recorded events, while Jan is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.
Significant events
Deadliest on record
| Date | Location | Scale | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 2005 | BELCOURT | 65 | 1 | 0 | $0 |
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2024 | BELCOURT | 70 | $125K |
| Jun 28, 2023 | BELCOURT | 51 | $0 |
| Jun 21, 2023 | BELCOURT | 61 | $50K |
| Jun 21, 2023 | DUNSEITH | 50 | $0 |
| Jun 21, 2023 | DUNSEITH | 78 | $600K |
| Jul 19, 2022 | ROLLA | 56 | $0 |
| Jul 19, 2022 | BELCOURT | 65 | $20K |
| Jul 19, 2022 | BELCOURT | 58 | $0 |
| Jul 10, 2022 | ROLETTE | 52 | $0 |
| Jul 23, 2020 | ST JOHN | 61 | $5K |
Other hazards here
More from Rolette County
- Hail 69
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Many large tree branches were down, with several trees uprooted. There was some damage to roofs, and power poles and lines were down. In one case, a tree fell onto a power line then onto a house, causing the house to start on fire. In another case a teenager, whose age is unknown, was injured (indirect) as he was burned while cleaning up tree damage and unknowingly came in contact with a live downed electrical wire. The teen was hospitalized.
Part of a porch was torn from a home, and several tepees were blown away. This event was a gustnado based on the wind being ahead of the thunderstorm, likely along the gust front, and video showing the feature was not connected to the cloud base. Per NWS directives, gustnadoes are recorded as thunderstorm wind events, not as tornadoes, in StormData.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Rolette County, North Dakota?
44 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Rolette County between 1967 and 2024, causing 1 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Rolette County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Rolette County measured 78.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Rolette County come from?
All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.
Cite this page
“Thunderstorm Wind in Rolette County, North Dakota.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/north-dakota/rolette-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.